periodicals and newspapers in database projects of the heidelberg research architecture
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206 words This paper introduces resources on newspapers and magazines developed by the Heidelberg Research Architecture (HRA), the Digital Humanities unit of the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context”. Its focus will rest on the Early Chinese Periodicals Online (ECPO) project, a collaborative endeavor between Academia Sinica, Taipei, the Cluster project MC15 “Powers of the Press,” and the HRA. The technical core of ECPO is the development of a database of women’s magazines and entertainment newspapers. This database combines and significantly expands two resources developed in the Cluster’s first funding period which represent two complementary methodological approaches: The “Xiaobao Entertainment Newspapers” database covers more than fifty newspapers and provides information from a macro perspective (“extensive approach”). It offers characteristic features of individual newspapers and illustrates these with a number of examples. The “Chinese Women’s Magazines” database approaches its material from a micro perspective (“intensive approach”). It covers four major publications and records and analyses every single item, including advertisements. While both methods have their advantages, with the extensive analysis providing characteristic features of a larger set of publications, and the intensive analysis offering detailed information for individual magazines, their combination within one system will offer a powerful research framework for the study of Early Chinese Periodicals.TRANSCRIPT
- 1. Periodicals and Newspapers in Projects of the Heidelberg Research Architecture Matthias Arnold Newspapers and Transculturality: New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers, 30. 1. 2014
2. Agenda 1. The Heidelberg Research Architecture 2. Small-scale digitisation a. Tokyo Puckb. Abou Naddara Collection3. Larger databases a. Xiaobao Entertainment Newspapers databaseb. Womens Magazines database c.Early Chinese Periodicals Online4. Outlook / Wrap-upWorkshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects2 3. The Heidelberg Research Architecture Digital Humanities Unit at the Cluster of ExcellenceWorkshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects3 4. The Heidelberg Research Architecture Digital Humanities Unit Main expertise: General Digital Humanities consultancy for projects - Conceptual design for DH related tasks Digitisation, MediaLab - Workflows and documentation - Data migration Workshops and trainings - Participation in classes Project databases Research analysis Development: Metadata Framework TambotiSmall team: 4.5 positions - 5 persons Functional requirements from the projects, Sustainability specs from DFG Webportal: http://hra.uni-hd.deWorkshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects4 5. Agenda 1. The Heidelberg Research Architecture 2. Small-scale digitisation a. Tokyo Puckb. Abou Naddara Collection3. Larger databases a. Xiaobao Entertainment Newspapers databaseb. Womens Magazines database c.Early Chinese Periodicals Online4. Outlook / Wrap-upWorkshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects5 6. Abou Naddara CollectionWorkshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects6 7. By-product of Eliane Ettmllers Ph.D. thesis Discovery of unique original material, permission by heirs for online publication, collaboration B1 with HRA, additional Cluster funding Complete digitisation of James Sanuas newspapers 1878-1910 Ca. 2200 pages Image optimisation Collection of metadata: Excel for editing, transformed to MODS XML Website in Tamboti with individual designWorkshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects7 8. Workshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects 9. Agenda 1. The Heidelberg Research Architecture 2. Small-scale digitisation a. Tokyo Puckb. Abou Naddara Collection3. Larger databases a. Xiaobao Entertainment Newspapers databaseb. Womens Magazines database c.Early Chinese Periodicals Online4. Outlook / Wrap-upWorkshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects9 10. Xiaobao Entertainment NewspapersWorkshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects10 11. Started by Prof. Yeh in conjunction with a class on Chinese entertainment newspapers Goal: introduce xiaobao as important primary sourceProvide a profile for each newspaper: What characterises its typical contents? Who were the main contributors, founders, illustrators? What kind of (serialised) literature, essays, reviews? Which illustrations, phtographs, advertisements?Workshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects11 12. Workshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects12 13. Chinese Womens MagazinesWorkshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects13 14. Research project Interdisciplinary research project A New Approach to the Popular Press in China: Gender and Cultural Production, 19041937 History (Joan Judge, York University) Cultural studies (Barbara Mittler, Heidelberg University) Literature (Grace Fong, McGill University) Literature (Michel Hockx, SOAS) Art history (Julia Andrews, Ohio State University) History (Christian Henriot, Lumire-Lyon 2 University) Linguistics (Elisabeth Kaske, Carnegie Mellon University) Main Funding: SSHRC (Canada), Humboldt Foundation (Germany) Workshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects14 15. Research project Magazines Selection of four important womens journals as research objects: Womens World (Nzi shijie, , 1904-07) The Womens Eastern Times (Fun shibao, , 1911-17) Ladies Journal (Fun zazhi, , 1915-31) Elegance (Linglong, , 1931-37)Workshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects15 16. Methodology 1. Horizontal reading close reading of all material included in one issue 2. Vertical reading close reading of one particular theme over time 3. Integrated reading reading journals against other journals, within the same "family of journals" 4. Situated reading reading journals against other source materialscf. Joan Judge, Barbara Mittler and Michel Hockx ed., A Space of Their Own: Women and the Periodical Press in China's Long Twentieth Century, forthcoming (2014). Workshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects16 17. Database Requirements: Provide access to large amounts of metadata and images Cross-reference individual items Articles Images Advertisements (and Agents) Collaborative online editing platform Research tool Read/browse magazines onlineSearch analytical data (e.g. Keywords, genres) and metadata Open access via website Conceptualization and implementation: Heidelberg Research ArchitectureWorkshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects17 18. Database - Features Important features Read/browse all issues online, cover to cover (if pages available)Every item on a page was recorded: articles, images, adsPages arranged in original order, incl. blank/missing pagesRecords cover Chinese, Pinyin transcription, and English translationSome records provide full textual contents (Chinese only), esp. advertisementsAll types of agents were recorded with their roles: e.g. authors, photographers, organisations, translators, incl. mentioningsSearch and filter functionalityAnalytical and research data: keywords, genres, notes, together with magazine columnsAccess: http://womag.uni-hd.de Workshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects18 19. DB Features - Horizontal reading Close reading of all material included in one issueWorkshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects19 20. Workshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects20 21. DB Features - Vertical reading Close reading of one particular theme over timeWorkshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects21 22. Early Chinese Periodicals OnlineWorkshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects23 23. Early Chinese Periodicals Online (ECPO) Collaborative project Academia Sinica - University of Heidelberg, with international research team (esp. York University, Toronto, and Boston University)Funded by Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation, with additional support by Cluster of Excellence, University of Heidelberg Technically important:Combination of different material sets Combination of different databases Larger number of publications coveredLarger number of editors Matthias Arnold | University of Heidelberg | The Chinese Womens Magazines Database - An Introduction24 24. New challenges Newspapers AND magazines within one DB-system Extensive and Intensive recording of metadata in one DB Integrated access to data from different existing databases Three databases: ECPO WoMag Xiaobao Expansion of database system More distributed editors -> track changesMix of image-scans (1, 2, or 3 pages on one sheet) Preparation and launch of ECPO Website for Academic research (large proportions as open access) And: Always open for additional requirements from researchersMatthias Arnold | University of Heidelberg | The Chinese Womens Magazines Database - An Introduction25 25. Early Chinese Periodicals Online Combines two very successful Cluster databases with Academia Sinica Taipei, funded by the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation 26. Early Chinese Periodicals Online Combines two very successful Cluster databases with Academia Sinica Taipei, funded by the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation 27. ECPO The three supporting columnsECPO SEARCHSEARCHSEARCHSEARCHWoMagAdditional magazines (Jingbao, FunXiaobaoxunkan, etc.)(intensive)(intensive & extensive)(extensive)Workshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects28 28. ECPO The three supporting columnsECPO SEARCHSEARCHSEARCHSEARCHWoMagAdditional magazines (Jingbao, FunXiaobaoxunkan, etc.)(intensive)(intensive & extensive)(extensive)Workshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects29 29. Outlook / Wrap-upWorkshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects30 30. From small-scale digitisationWorkshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects31 31. to larger international endeavorsECPO SEARCHSEARCHSEARCHSEARCHWoMagAdditional magazines (Jingbao, FunXiaobaoxunkan, etc.)(intensive)(intensive & extensive)(extensive)Workshop "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects32 32. HRA Partner for Co-operations HRA as possible co-operation partner for your project From small-scale digitisation to fullfledged international collaborative research endeavorsReasearch annotations (vs. fulltext)Expansion of projects is possible, e.g. to add character recognition (OCR), textual markup (TEI XML), quantitative or qualitative analysisIntegration of project data within Tamboti for better access and sustainabilityInterested? Contact us: [email protected] "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects33 33. Feasible Links http://abou-naddara.uni-hd.de http://xiaobao.uni-hd.de http://womag.uni-hd.dehttp://hra.uni-hd.de http://[email protected] "New Approaches to Working with Historical Newspapers" | Matthias Arnold | Periodicals in HRA Projects34